Child Health USA 2006

State Data

Percent of Infants Born at Low Birth Weight, Women Receiving First Trimester Prenatal Care, and Births to Unmarried Women, by State and Race of Mother: 2004
Source: Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Kimeyer S. Births: final data for 2004. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 55 No. 1; 2006 Sep.
	Low Birth Weight/Early Prenatal Care						Births to Unmarried Women
State	Total *	NH White	NH Black	Total	NH White	NH Black	Total	White **	Black **	Hisp
United States	8.1	7.2	13.7	83.9	88.9	76.5	35.8	24.5	69.3	46.4
Alabama	10.4	8.5	15.1	84	90.1	77.2	36.2	21.1	70.6	25.1
Alaska	6	5.1	9.3	80.7	85.4	85.2	34.6	22.4	39.3	34.9
Arizona	7.2	7.3	12	76.3	87.2	77.8	42.2	25.2	61.2	54
Arkansas	9.3	8.1	15.5	82.3	85.4	76.1	38.8	28.4	77	42.4
California	6.7	6.3	12.4	87.1	90.7	83.5	34.4	20.5	63.3	44.5
Colorado	9	8.7	14.6	80.2	86.2	72	27.5	18.9	52.8	41.6
Connecticut	7.8	6.7	12.7	87.2	92.3	77.4	30.6	17	66.7	62.2
Delaware	9	7.4	13.8	85.1	90	81.7	42.3	27.9	71.2	58.1
DC	11.1	5.6	14.1	77.8	91.8	72.8	55.9	6.3	77.5	62.9
Florida	8.5	7.3	13.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	41.4	30.4	67.4	43.1
Georgia	9.3	7.4	14	83.9	90.3	79.4	39.2	22.6	66.5	45.2
Hawaii	7.9	6.2	10.2	81.8	85.2	87.4	33.4	23.6	28.4	44.6
Idaho	6.8	6.6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	22.6	19.2	37.8	37.2
Illinois	8.4	7.3	14.6	85.5	90.8	74.2	36.3	22.1	77.5	45.4
Indiana	8.1	7.5	13.6	80.8	84.3	68.5	38.8	32.5	77.9	52.7
Iowa	7	6.9	11	88.4	90	76.3	31	28.1	72.9	44.4
Kansas	7.3	7	13.7	86.5	89.8	78.3	33	27.8	71.2	45.3
Kentucky	8.8	8.4	13.3	N/A	N/A	N/A	35	30.7	75.7	48.9
Louisiana	10.9	8	15.2	85.5	91.5	77.4	49.1	29.7	76.7	40.7
Maine	6.4	6.4	N/A	88.5	88.9	80.2	34.1	34	35.5	31.7
Maryland	9.3	7.4	13.2	82.3	90.2	74.7	35.7	21.2	59.6	48.9
Massachusetts	7.8	7.2	11.8	89.6	92.2	80.4	28.5	20.4	57.1	63.1
Michigan	8.3	7.1	14.5	85.9	89.8	71.9	35.7	26.6	74	45.7
Minnesota	6.5	6	10.5	86.3	90.4	74	29	22.4	57.7	51.6
Mississippi	11.6	8.7	15.5	84.4	90.6	77.6	48.3	25.5	76.7	46.8
Missouri	8.3	7.3	14	88.2	90.2	80.4	37	29.4	77	47.5
Montana	7.6	7.6	N/A	83.2	86.4	93.6	34.3	27.8	51.1	40.8
Nebraska	7	7	11.8	82.9	86	72.5	30.2	24.2	69.5	43.9
Nevada	8	7.8	13.8	75	83.8	68.8	39.7	29.3	68.8	47.8
New Hampshire	6.8	6.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	26.4	25.9	40	40.4
New Jersey	8.3	7.2	13.7	79.1	88.4	63.3	30.1	13.6	64.8	54.4
New Mexico	8.1	8	14.7	69.4	76.5	66.9	48.8	28.3	54.3	55.8
New York	8.2	6.9	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	37.8	20.7	67.3	61.6
North Carolina	9	7.7	14.2	84	90.4	76.5	36.9	22	68.1	50.1
North Dakota	6.6	6.4	N/A	85.7	88.7	81.1	29.9	22.9	26.4	35.3
Ohio	8.5	7.5	14	87.8	89.9	78.6	37.4	29.8	76	52.4
Oklahoma	8	7.8	13	78.1	82.3	72.2	38.4	31.3	71.7	46.1
Oregon	6	6	10.6	80.5	84	73.6	32.5	28.8	65.4	44.5
Pennsylvania	8.2	7.1	13.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	35.2	26	74.8	61
Rhode Island	8	7.3	11	90	92.5	82.4	37.3	27	64.1	60.7
South Carolina	10.2	7.9	15.3	N/A	N/A	N/A	41.9	24.9	73.2	43.8
South Dakota	6.9	6.9	N/A	77.9	83.4	63.6	35.1	25.4	42.1	46.8
Tennessee	9.2	8.2	13.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	38.2	27.5	74.4	48.8
Texas	8	7.4	13.9	81.8	88.2	78.4	36	23.6	64.2	40.7
Utah	6.7	6.3	10.8	80	83.7	60.5	17.5	12.6	45.6	40.5
Vermont	6.4	6.3	N/A	90	90.4	71.7	32.3	32.5	49.1	34.7
Virginia	8.3	7	12.8	85.6	90.5	79	31	20	62.4	44
Washington	6.2	5.7	11.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	30.4	25.7	55.2	44.1
West Virginia	9.3	9.1	14.3	86	86.4	76.2	34.8	33.6	76.7	34.4
Wisconsin	7	6.2	13.6	85.3	88.7	76.9	31.3	23.5	81.9	47.8
Wyoming	8.6	8.5	N/A	85.2	87	83.3	31.7	27.9	46.3	49

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